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GCSE English Literature · key term
Excessive greed for wealth or possessions.
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Paper 1
Extreme greed for money or possessions.
Revise: Stave TwoThe narrator describes signs of “care and avarice” developing in his face. This marks a change from the enthusiastic apprentice: greed is becoming a governing force.
Excessive greed for money or possessions.
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An excessive desire for wealth or possessions.
Extreme greed for wealth or possessions.
An excessive desire to possess wealth, especially an unwillingness to share it.
Extreme greed for wealth; Major Sholto uses this word when admitting that possession matters more to him than using or sharing the treasure.
Paper 2
Extreme greed for money or possessions.
Revise: Stave TwoThe narrator describes the beginnings of avarice in his face and restless eye. This places his growing greed before the breakup, helping explain its cause.
An excessive desire for wealth or possessions.
An excessive desire to acquire and keep wealth.
An excessive desire to acquire and retain wealth.
Paper 1
An overwhelming desire to acquire and keep wealth.
Revise: Stave TwoScrooge is older, and the narrator describes signs of avarice: an overwhelming desire for wealth. Belle, his fiancée, explains why she is ending their engagement.
An excessive desire for wealth or possessions.
An excessive desire to acquire and keep wealth.
Component 2
Excessive greed for money or possessions.
Revise: Stave TwoDickens makes the cost of avarice visible: accumulating wealth has deprived him of relationships that could have given his life meaning.
Extreme greed for wealth or possessions.
Extreme greed for money or possessions.
